In spite of the fact that I am a huge fan of the Kindle, I don’t really pay that much attention to Jeff Bezos. But I really identify with an idea that 37 Signals had in a blog post today.
Jeff Bezos stopped by their office and before he left he had an open Q & A session with the staff. In a response to one of the questions he said that he did not think that consistency in thought was all that helpful. People that are right a lot of the time were people who often changed their mind. It is perfectly healthy – encouraged even – to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today. Many of the smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they had already solved. Jason Fried finished the thought by saying that it means that points of view should be considered temporary.
